In this totally mouth-watering Samoa Donuts recipe, delicious toasted coconut, caramel, and chocolate come together in a donut and tastes just like Samoa Cookies! Oh, my! It is an easy recipe that yields oh-so-yummy results! The best part- you can bake them right at home in about 20 minutes!
If you love those delicious Girl Scout Samoa Cookies you are not alone! But, what can be better than the cookies? Donuts, of course!
Oh, my goodness! These donuts are over-the-top delicious! They are moist and filled with all the delicious flavors of our favorite all-time Girl Scout cookie!
The best part is, they are easy to make at home AND you can have them any time you want! I will also bet you have most of the ingredients already in your pantry and fridge!
Want another mouth-watering donut recipe? Be sure and check out our Butterfinger Glazed Chocolate Baked Donuts!
They will easily become your new favorite weekend breakfast and any day sweet treat! Feel free to leave out the Bourbon for a smoother, sweeter glaze flavor.
Homemade Girl Scout Samoa Donuts Recipe
*Makes 6 Donuts
Ingredients needed:
Donuts:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup sour cream
1 large egg
2 TBSP. butter melted
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Donut Glaze:
1 bag of caramels – 15 oz.
3 cups shredded sweetened coconut – toasted
3 tablespoons milk
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate melted – you can use chocolate chips or wafers
How to make these yummy Girl Scout Samoa Donuts:
Prepare a donut pan with non stick spray and preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cornstarch, baking soda, sugar and nutmeg.
Stir in milk, egg, sour cream, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Continue to stir until well combined.
Use a piping bag or frosting tip to pipe donut mixture into donut pan wells.
Bake for 9-10 minutes, remove from oven and cool on baking rack.
Allow donuts to cool in the pan and then remove to finish cooling after about 5 minutes.
Melt chocolate in the microwave following package directions. Once chocolate is smooth, dip the bottom part of the donut into the chocolate, set donuts on cooling rack to allow the chocolate to harden.
While chocolate topping is hardening, melt caramels and milk in a medium mixing bowl for about one minute, repeating until the caramel is smooth, stir in toasted coconut and salt.
Frost the top of each donut using a butter knife and place back on cool rack to allow the topping to harden.
Use remaining chocolate to drizzle over the top of the coconut.
Enjoy!
Print this totally yummy Girl Scout Samoa Donuts recipe!
Homemade Girl Scout Samoa Donuts
In this totally mouth-watering Samoa Donuts recipe, delicious toasted coconut, caramel, and chocolate come together in a donut and tastes just like Samoa Cookies! Oh, my! It is an easy recipe that yields oh-so-yummy results!
Ingredients
Donuts:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 large egg
- 2 TBSP. butter melted
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Donut Glaze:
- 1 bag of caramels – 15 oz.
- 3 cups shredded sweetened coconut - toasted
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate melted – you can use chocolate chips or wafers
Instructions
- Prepare a donut pan with non stick spray and preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cornstarch, baking soda, sugar and nutmeg.
- Stir in milk, egg, sour cream, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Continue to stir until well combined.
- Use a piping bag or frosting tip to pipe donut mixture into donut pan wells.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes, remove from oven and cool on baking rack.
- Allow donuts to cool in the pan and then remove to finish cooling after about 5 minutes.
- Melt chocolate in the microwave following package directions. Once chocolate is smooth, dip the bottom part of the donut into the chocolate, set donuts on cooling rack to allow the chocolate to harden.
- While chocolate topping is hardening, melt caramels and milk in a medium mixing bowl for about one minute, repeating until the caramel is smooth, stir in toasted coconut and salt.
- Frost the top of each donut using a butter knife and place back on cool rack to allow the topping to harden.
- Use remaining chocolate to drizzle over the top of the coconut.
- Enjoy!
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